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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: I draw to the attention of the witnesses that when giving evidence from within the parliamentary precincts, they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to the committee. This means they have a full defence in any defamation action in respect of anything said at a committee meeting. However, witnesses are expected not to abuse this privilege and may be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: If we do the ten minutes, then there is an opportunity for a second round of questions. I will not be excluding members. I want to give people the opportunity to ask as many questions as they feel appropriate and we will use the full time on it. Are members okay with that? Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Thank you.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: We will be dealing with that under correspondence later.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: We would typically be getting our correspondence on Friday and we would deal with it the fortnight after.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: I have not seen it. We have received it but I have not seen it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: One moment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Just to clarify a point. Correspondence was issued on 12 November, which is today. It was to an email address: "JCAM". That is not the committee. The committee has not had an opportunity to consider it. The information within it is available.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Yes, and it will be made available to the committee and discussed in due course. We will move on to the second submission.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: It is received.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: The IFAC report has been circulated to members. It will not be included in the minutes of the meeting but it will be published as part of any of the correspondence that would be available to members, along with the opening statement. I have seven speakers offering. Deputy Fitzmaurice has ten minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: The next speaker listed is Senator Boyhan but Deputy Cleere is here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: IFAC estimates up to 25%.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: So is the question about who brought it in, not where it came from?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Deputy Aird, it is your time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Yes. Before that, however, I have one more person who wants ask a few questions in the first round.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: There will be plenty of opportunities to speak.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Collection of Farm Plastics: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: I have a few questions myself. The IFFPG is required to carry a contingency of €3 million. Earlier, in response to Deputy Lawless, Mr. Moloney referred to a figure of €700,000. The accounts from last year suggest that there is €1.7 million in reserve.